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About Us

The Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) is an education charity and membership association. ACT became an Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in 2020, but was founded as a charity in 2001 by Professor, Sir Bernard Crick to support the teaching of Citizenship in schools.

We work to transform the lives of children and young people through high quality Citizenship education. We do this by providing expert advice, training and support to teachers in developing high quality curriculum and teaching in schools and colleges across the UK.

Our vision is for all young people to be active, informed citizens, equipped through effective Citizenship Education with the political knowledge, skills and experience to participate in and shape a strong and vibrant democracy based on equality, fairness and justice.

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